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2 <br /> on the walls and each attendee was given five sticky dots to place on the amenities they most wanted to <br /> see in the park. Residents could place all five dots on something if they wished to give it top billing or <br /> allocate their dots among the items. The results were tallied and discussed. The most desired amenities, <br /> in order of voting, were: <br /> • a small picnic shelter, <br /> • a loop trail, <br /> • swings, <br /> • a small basketball court and <br /> • an open play grassy area. <br /> - ra <br /> At the next meeting on March 23,the same community members attended,joined by two members from <br /> the County Parks and Recreation Council. At this meeting the group became the designers and were led <br /> in performing a design charette. This exercise consisted of breaking into four smaller groups, with each <br /> given a copy of the map with survey of the property,and scale cutouts of the various amenities they chose <br /> at the last meeting-along with some possible parking layouts. Each group then worked on the site maps <br /> to tape down the amenity cutouts and/or sketching out their ideas on the map. After completing their <br /> designs, each group presented their schemes for discussion on likes and dislikes of the various ideas. <br /> ,m <br /> r� <br /> After the charrette exercise,the group agreed to see a set of three schemes developed by the professional <br /> landscape architect using the same charette materials for comparison. <br />